Jean-Etienne Bercé (24 April 1803 – 29 December 1879) was a French entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. He wrote ''Faune Entomologique Française. Lépidoptères. Description de tous les Papillons qui se trouvent en France'' Paris, Chez Deyrolle Fils, 1867–1878. This is an eight-volume work with 72 plates, 67 coloured by hand. It is divided: * Vol. I : Rhopalocères, 251 pp., planche A et planches 1-18 * Vol. II : Hétérocères, 270 pp., planche B et planches 19-33 * Vol. III : Hétérocères Noctuae, Première partie, 256 pp., planche C et planches 34-38 * Vol. IV : Hétérocères Noctuae, Deuxième partie, 262 pp. et planches 39-46 * Vol. V : Hétérocères Géometridae, 512 pp., planche D et planches 47-58 * Vol. VI : Hétérocères Deltoides, Pyralites, 398 pp., planche E et planches 1-9 * Vol VII : Catalogue Méthodique, 37 pp. He was elected president of the

Société entomologique de France The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France. The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first ...

for the year 1868.

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